
Fact or Opinion
Authored by Britta Walen
English
12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?
"A gene is a segment of DNA."
Fact
Opinion
Answer explanation
This sentence is a statement, not a question or command. That is one clue that it is a fact and not an opinion.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?
"The full set of 46 chromosomes carries all your genes, so you have a complete set of genes inside every cell."
Fact
Opinion
Answer explanation
This sentence is another statement. It can also be backed up by scientific research. This can be found in many trust-worthy sources.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?
"That's an awful lot of DNA!"
Fact
Opinion
Answer explanation
This sentence is an exclamation and an opinion. While we might agree with it, someone else could say that compared to other mammals, that is not a lot of DNA.
(You could reasonably argue with this statement).
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?
"A DNA molecule is made up of two linked strands that wind around each other to resemble a twisted ladder in a helix-like shape."
Fact
Opinion
Answer explanation
This sentence is another statement and it can be proved by the research of others.
There could always be new research that tells us new information, but right now, this is fact.
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?
"I wish I had inherited genes that made me taller."
Fact
Opinion
Answer explanation
While this sentence is a statement, it is sharing a belief - something that someone wants. It is not a fact that can be proven by research. It's a feeling!
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?
"That is so cool!"
Fact
Opinion
Answer explanation
Our thoughts may be true for us (we may think something is cool) that does not make our thoughts facts that can be proven by research and data.
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?
"Genes carry the code for many of thousands of different proteins."
Fact
Opinion
Answer explanation
Hopefully it is now easy to see why this sentence is a fact.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.6
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